The following topics are dealt with: hybrid intelligent systems; sensor nodes; wireless sensor networks; RFID; protocols; software platforms; middleware; authentication; wireless security; discrete event systems; real time systems; image processing; speech processing; virtual reality; visualization; computer games; parallel architectures; distributed architectures; Internet modeling; semantic Web; ontologies; mobile ad hoc networks; vehicular technology; vehicular networks; air interfaces; bioinformatics; and biomedical simulation.